Railway-tie.



PATBNTBD DEC. 10, 1907.

A. F. GUSTAPSON. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1901 5072, In 'mv'm/c W I 1 1mm; Y5

ADOLPH F. GUSTAFSON, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, li ht? Application filed that 11. 1907. Serial 1a.361.756.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ADoLPn F. Gus'mr- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Golorado, haveinvented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to railway ties and its objectis to provide ametallic tie of simle construction having a metallic cushion or therails, said cushion being of a simple and durable nature. 4 A stillfurther object is to provide a cushion which can be readily laced withinthe tie and which will be helr securely against dis lacement.

eretoiore in the construction of metallic railway ties it has beencustomary to provide cushioning devices of wood or other materialdifferent from that of which the body of the tie is constructed butthese cushions have been found objectionablebecause they areless durablethan the balance of the tie and the frequent changing of the cushionsbecomes necessary.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cushion consistingsolely of metal and which; because of its peculiar forma tion,constitutes an eilicient cushioning means for the rails.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations cl parts which. will be hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a tieembodying the present improvements, the rail being shown in section.thereon; Fig. 2 is an end view of a tie cmbodying the presentimprovemi-mts, a por tion of a rail being shown in elevation; F 3- is aview partly in front elevation and partly in section througha portion ofthe tie; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through a tie of modifiedconstruction.

Referring to the figures by charz'icters of reference, 1 is the body ofa tie the same con.- sisting of an elongated metal plate havingupstanding side flanges 2. the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and aninner holder is disposed within the tie and consists of a base plate 3designed to rest snugly upon the bottom of the tie and hav .55-

ing upstanding side flanges 4 designed to residing In the form of"extend above the side flanges 2. lfisposed: longitudinally within theholder is a series of parallel cushioning members 5 each of which ismade up either of a section of metal cable or of a short metal rod. Ineither event, the sections are preferably of the same length as theholder and soldered together along their A contacting portions as shown.at 6. The rail 7is designed to rest upon these cushioning members and toextend transverselythereol and may be clamped upon the members by meansof bolts 8 which extend through openings 9 in the plates 1 and 3 andthrough rail engaging plates 10 designed. to be clamped by the boltsupon the cushioning members 5 and the base flanges of the rail. It willbe noted by referring to Fig. 3 that the bolts are inclined and thattheir heads 11 have their inner faces beveled so as to'rest snugly uponthe bottom of the plate 1. It is therefore apparent that when the boltis secured. by means of nuts 12 it will be impossible for the heads 1 1to rotate. Moreover, the angular rail engaging plates IO are designed tonear again-st opposite edges of the nuts so as to hold them aainstrotation when the nuts have been tig tens-d upon the bolts. As thecushioning members 5 are soldered. together longitudinal displacementthereof is prevented. As the cushion is made up of con ncctcdsubstantially cylindrical sections extending transversely 6f the railand as each section. is formed with a plurality of twisted metal wiressuch as ordinarily used in the formation of a steel cable it is ap arentthat said sections will constitute an e icient cushion for thcrail whenthe same is subjected to the pressure of cars passing thereover. It isof course apparent that aseach cable section is made up of a pluralityof wires as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3 small spaces will beformed. between the Wires of each section; and when. the section issubjected to a heavy weight those wires will be compressed and when theweight is removed they will tend to return to their normal positions.The large number of wires embodied in each section tl'ius constitute ayieldable support of con sidiu'ahle strength each wire being in effect acoiled spring.

Instead of arranging the cushioning sections transversely beneath therail they can be disposed longitudinally thereunder as shown in Fig. 4.With this construction the tie 13 is similar to the tie land the holder14.

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is inte osed between "the flanges 15 of the tie. T 's holder has sideflanges 16, the ends of which abut against the flan es 15 and the baseof the rail is designed to t between the flanges 16 and to bear upon thelongitudinally extending sections 17 which may consist of lengths ofsuitably shaped yieldable metal cable or metal rods placed side by side.Flanges 15 and 16 of course. prevent displacement of the cushion members17 and when the rail is in position upon said ushion members they areabsolutely held against removal. The rail is designed to be held inplace by fastening plates 18 which lap the base flanges of the rail andabut against the side flanges 16. The bases of these plates are boltedto the tie 13, as shown at 19.

An important feature of this invention is the factthat in theconstructionsshown in Figs. 1' to 3 inclusive, the rail and the securingplates prevent dirt, etc, from falling be tween the cushion members andfilling the spaces therebetween, while in the construction shown in Fig.4 the rail and the flanges 15 and 16 serve the same purpose.

.It will be seen that a tie constructed in accordance-with thisinvention is a very simple and durable device and after the cushioningmembers have once been placed in position they will last as long as thebalance of the tie.

What is claimed 1s:

1; The combination with a metallic tie and a holding device thereon; ofa plurality of parallel solid metallic rail supporting devices withinthe-holder.

2. The combination with a metallic tie; of a plurality of solidcylindrical metallic cushioning devices upon the tie, and means forholding said devices against displacement.

8. The combination with a metallic tie; of a plurality of solidcylindrical metallic cushioning devices upon the tie, and means forprotecting the spaces between said devices from the admission of dirt,etc.

t. The combination with a metallic tie; of a plurality of solidcylindrical metallic cushioning devices upon the tie, and a rail securedupon and supported by said devices, said rail constituting a protectingmeans for the devices.

5. The combination with a metallic tie; of a holding device thereon,parallel solid cylindrical metallic rail supporting devices upon thetie, means for preventing displacement of said devices, and a railsecured u ion and supported by said devices, said rail constituting aguard to prevent the admission. of dirt between the devices.

6. The combination with a metallic tic having side flanges upstandingtherefrom; of a holder secured botween'the flanges and having u)standing flanges, parallel solid cylindrical rail cushioning devicesinterposed between and retained by the flanges of the tie, and means forsecuring a rail'upon the cushioning devices.

7. The combination with a metallic tie having upstanding side flanges;of a holder between said flanges and having upstanding side flanges,parallel solid cylindrical rail cushioning devices within the holder andretained against displacement by the flanges, a rail upon and supportedby the cushioning devices and constituting a closure for the s'iacestherebetween, and means engaging t 10 tie for securing the rail upon thecushioning devices.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have heretoafl'ixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH F. GUSTAFSON.

\Vitnesses SAMUEL S. MAnDoX, WILLIAM BARBER.

